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In 1807, thanks to the work of MP William Wilberforce, Britain became the first country in the world to abolish the slave trade and, thanks to the Royal Navy, managed to capture the slave ships of other nations - such as Denmark, the United States and France - and force them to cease the trade...

Two British soldiers won't let a small matter like having one leg prevent them from continuing to fight for their country.... . Courage ... Aveuta and Andy rejoin unit in Cyprus EXCLUSIVE Army pals are fighting fit From TOM NEWTON DUNN Defence Editor, in Cyprus December 13 2006 TWO...

Police ars shocked at the rate of the killings. The Yorkshire Ripper in the late 1970s killed five prostitutes in the space of six weeks (he went on to kill 13 women in total) whereas the current serial killer has killed at least five prostitutes in the space of six DAYS. He even surpasses the...

Inns appeared in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and were apparently fairly common, especially in towns, by the fifteenth century. The earliest buildings still standing today, such as New Inn, Gloucester, or King's Head, Aylesbury, date from this time. While inns provided...

A killer dubbed the Suffolk Ripper - whose killings resemble those of Jack the Ripper and the Yorkshire Ripper (late Seventies / early Eighties) - has killed at least five prostitutes in the Ipswich area. Jack the Ripper - the world's first modern serial killer - killed five prostitutes in the...

Aliens 'are frozen in ocean' Terrifying ... space expert believes Mars life-forms could wipe out civilisation on Earth By PAUL SUTHERLAND Sun Spaceman December 12, 2006 KILLER Aliens are lying frozen beneath the surface of Mars, says a top UK space scientist — and he wants to...

Louise ... Paris invite EXCLUSIVE I've got a frog in my throat By VIRGINIA WHEELER December 12, 2006 CONFUSED Louise Clarke convinced herself she was FRENCH after she developed one of the world’s rarest disorders. The 30-year-old recruitment consultant babbled away in the...

Stranger than fiction: books whose titles range from weird to hilarious 11th December 2006 Tens of thousands of books are published every year. Some become bestsellers, while others are unintentionally funny or just plain weird. A new collection of book covers celebrates the hundreds...

People - especially the British - have always suspected that French males are a bit soft and maybe, deep down, all homosexual. And Stade Francais - the Paris rugby union team - have proved us right. The picture above shows some Stade Francais players celebrating after beating Manchester team...

We all know that the French like to take to the streets and protest or go on strike and blockade the British/French border (the Channel Tunnel) with their lorries stopping innocent Brits from getting into that godforsaken land, but marching against the year 2007 and the death of Sartre is taking...

Blitzed by text messages By TOM NEWTON-DUNN December 11, 2006 Cunning: Attacks against British soldiers in Afghanistan are DOWN since the British started playing mind games with the Taliban TALIBAN fighters in Afghanistan are being bombarded by a devastating new British...

Turksy should be allowed to join the EU. The Times December 11, 2006 Straight Road to Europe Turkey does not deserve the punishment the EU contemplates For 43 years, Turkey has been knocking at the European Union’s door. Despite being the guardian of Nato’s southern flank...

Oh no! It's Vicky Pollard's mother of Dibley 11th December 2006 No ifs or buts, it takes an outsize character to put Vicky Pollard in the shade. But Dawn French manages it with ease. The erstwhile Vicar of Dibley takes to tracksuit and trainers as she plays Vicky’s mother Shelley in...

An Anglo-Saxon warrior face mask. Centuries ago, what is now England was once seven independent Anglo-Saxon, Germanic kingdoms - together known as the Heptarchy - who often fought wars against one another and were inhabited by people who were originally from the areas that is now Germany and...

BBC Chile's General Pinochet 'dead' Chile's former military leader Augusto Pinochet has died, Chilean TV reports. The 91-year-old had been receiving treatment at a Santiago military hospital after an earlier heart attack. Gen Pinochet was in power from 1973-90 after overthrowing...

New British movie The Queen has been watched by almost 1 million people in France since it opened there two months ago. Despite being a British movie, it has been watched in Britain by just 1.3 million people since it opened here THREE months ago. The movie is so popular in France that French...

A Government-backed Islamic organisation is trying to persuade British Muslims to fight FOR Great Britain rather than fight AGAINST it. The organisation is telling fellow Muslims that joining the British Army and dying whilst fighting for Britain is an act of martyrdom. The Sunday...

Army expected to dismiss all charges against colonel in war crimes case By CHRISTOPHER LEAKE 9th December 2006 Mousa and son: There is not much evidence to suggest that he was killed by the British The trial of the first British Army commander to face 'war crimes' charges in...

& Soon to hit the streets of France and Germany, a bloody Muslim ceremony. Don't watch if you don't like the sight of blood.

King's rocking horse goes on show The rocking horse is thought to have belonged to King Charles I who died in 1649 A rocking horse which is thought to have belonged to King Charles I has gone on display at a London museum. The 17th Century horse, made from softwood and elm, is...